Improvement in horse-rakes



viding,` a spring'in a peculiar manner for the that is generally used in machines of like charf.

UNITED STATES PATENT Ferca.

FREDERICK SEIDLE, 0F MECHANIGSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN HORSE- RAKES.

Specification forming part of Letters 'Patent No. 49,926, dated September 12, 18615; antedat'ecl s September o, isos,

To all whom it muy concern: Be it known that I, FREDERICK SEIDLE, in the ltown oi' Mechanicsburg, county of Cumheru land, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented anew and Improved HorsefRake; and l dodeclare that the followingis a full and exact description thereof', reference being vhad to the accompanying drawings, land to the letters of referencelnarked thereon.

The nature of Inyiuvention consists in protooth of the rake, in .order torelieve it from obstructions when it comes in contact 'therewith, and also in constructing 'it in such a4 manner as to do away with a cross baror head acter, thereby rendering its construction much chcaperand lighter and its utility equal if not greater.l l

To enable others skilled in the art iomake and use xny invention, l will proceed to describe its construction andl operation.

It has generally been the plan in the, construction of horse-rakes, lwhere coiled springs have been used vin connection with the teeth for the purpose of relieving the tooth from ,0b\ structions, to use two heads or bars, placing the springs between them 5 y but instead of using an extra bar I use a loop or staple securely fastened to the rake-head, as shown in sections in the drawings, Figures 1 and 2, in which- A" represents the staple, and B the spring. Thisstaple and spring are secured to the up# per side of the head, as seen in the drawings, the' upper end of the spring passing -through the loop of the staple and the lower end-havl ing its bearing upon the tooth. i

C is thehead of my 'improveclraha and muy he .iliade of either wood or metal but for cheapness and' lightness I prefer to construct it of wood, and may alsobe made ci' any 'desirable length to suit the` convenience ot the operator. v

D D" are bars or brackets, secured to thek head of the rake, projecting nearly horizontally' to the front, through which a holt passes, upon which suitable rollers aregplaced for the pursteel in the manner and form as shown in the drawings, Figs. l and 2, but may he Varied in form without changing or affecting the operation of my invention.

I am aware that spiral or coil springs have been applied to rake-teeth, and therefore do not'clailn, broadly, the use of spiral or coil springs applied -to raket/seth.

What l do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States,'is'- y The arrangementof the staples/A" and coiled springs B", embracing the staples, and their I lower ends resting upon the teeth while their upper ends pass through the upper ends of the staples, in connectienwith the wire teethE", attached separately by means of lthe brackets D to the bar C, Ain the manner and for the purposes specified.

FREDE BIGK SEHBLE.

Witnesses O. E. BRYAN., Jessen LEM. 

